Re: Python and Mac Speech with Voiceover
- From: Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 14:37:47 -0600
Interesting. Our tool is similar (but for Java). One thing to note is that
in our tests NSSPeechSynthesizer does not work properly with voice over. As
far as we can tell, it runs this code through Say, which means if you have
voice over running you get two voices speaking in parallel.
This still could be useful though, thanks for the link. I don't see an NVDA
dll in there, though, am I missing it? Or, does your dll just make calls to
Sapi 5?
Stefik,
On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> By the way, I was going to say, we've been working to get voice over
> support going on our end. Sadly, it's not as easy as the others and, so far
> as we can tell, is OS dependent (10.5, 10.6). There's one developer on our
> team working on getting it working for 10.5 right now, but it's tough going.
>
> With that said, if you just care about speech, but not voice over
> specifically, you can use the Say command, which works pretty well.
> We have some scripts for that if you want to steal them (it's open source,
> after all).
>
> Stefik
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Andreas Stefik <stefika@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Is the code for your NVDA controller DLL available? I didn't see it up
>> there. We've been considering adding support on our end for that reader as
>> well. Our project is also open source under GPL 2. If you didn't mind, it
>> might be nice to see or otherwise hijack parts of it for our project as
>> well. Since we connect from Java for our code, though, we'd need to make a
>> Java wrapper, but that parts easy.
>>
>> Anyway, looks cool,
>>
>> Stefik
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2010 at 1:28 PM, Storm Dragon
>> <stormdragon2976@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> I am working on an audio game written in Python called Pyngpong. Part of
>>> the goals for this game is to make it work in Linux, Windows, and mac. So
>>> far, I have support for Linux, and support for Windows has just been added
>>> very recently, but I don't have access to a Mac, and haven't been able to
>>> find anyone else either. So, if you happen to have a Mac, and know Python,
>>> please let me know if you would be willing to help. Adding the required
>>> support for voice over shouldn't be very difficult if the last 2 platforms
>>> are any indication. In Linux speech-dispatcher is used, in Windows NVDA is
>>> used, and hopefully Mac support can be provided through Voiceover.
>>> The invitation for coders also extends to anyone who wants to help with
>>> the game mechanics too. I am kind of stuck on actually getting the ball
>>> rolling lol. You can find the project at:
>>> http://code.google.com/p/pyngpong
>>> If you are interested in becoming a coder for this project please let me
>>> know and I will add you.
>>> Thanks
>>> Storm
>>>
>>> --
>>> Follow me on Twitter:http://www.twitter.com/stormdragon2976
>>> My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon:http://www.stormdragon.us/
>>> What color dragon are
>>> you?http://quizfarm.com/quizzes/new/alustriel07/what-color-dragon-would-you-be/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
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